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(Gulmarg; 8,500 feet above sea level) is twenty eight miles from Srinagar.
Some people claim that it was originally called gauri:marg,
the shadow of Gauri, and that Yosuf Shah changed its name to
in 1581 A.D. It is a beautiful bowl-shaped meadow, two miles long and half
a mile wide. One can have a clear view of the Nanga Parbat (26,660 ft.)
and the Harmukh (16,890 ft.) from there.
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(Khilanmarg; 10,000 feet above sea level) is about four miles from Gulmarg.
It commands a beautiful view of the whole valley.
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(Tangmarg) is four miles below Gulmarg, at the foot of the hill. Originally,
the road was open only as far as Tangmarg. Beyond this point, one had to
ride a pony or climb the pine covered path on foot.
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(tourist huts) are specifically built for visitors to Kashmir. They are
located at the most scenic places, and provide good, inexpensive accomodations.
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(dak bungalow) is a rest house maintained by the State governments or the
Central government. These provide reasonable accomodations with basic furnishings.
Usually, food is also available there. The
have been called the inns of India (see HJ pp. 128-129).
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